Beginning of the Cold War by Isabella Smith https://padlet.com/ismith13/k2i2nhzpv9g9 Assignment History en-us 2020-03-04 17:50:46 UTC 2020-03-05 17:21:40 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1fa-1f1f8.png July 1944: Bretton Woods Agreement ismith13 https://padlet.com/ismith13/k2i2nhzpv9g9/wish/454526745
  • What was it? 
    • Central banks maintain fixed exchange rates. 
    • How is it an example of internationalism?
    It included the world economy and establish a world bank.
    • Define World Bank
    Provides loans and grants to poorer countries for pursuing capital projects. 
    • Define International Monetary Fund: 
    International organization to maintain funding and consists of many countries.
    ]]>     2020-03-04 17:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ismith13/k2i2nhzpv9g9/wish/454526745     October 1945: United Nations Created ismith13 https://padlet.com/ismith13/k2i2nhzpv9g9/wish/454531948 What was it?
    The UN was a group of world powers to help maintain world peace and meet every year to discuss international issues. 
    Define: General Assembly
    Maintains campuses throughout the world. 
    Define: Security Council
    Ensure national peace and security in the world by the UN. 



    ]]>     2020-03-04 17:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ismith13/k2i2nhzpv9g9/wish/454531948     March 1946: Iron Curtain Speech ismith13 https://padlet.com/ismith13/k2i2nhzpv9g9/wish/454532469 What was it?
    Winston Churchill's speech saying the Soviet Union's control in Europe. 
    What was the Iron Curtain?
    National barrier severing the Soviet Union block. 


    ]]>     2020-03-04 17:59:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ismith13/k2i2nhzpv9g9/wish/454532469     March 1947 Truman Doctrine ismith13 https://padlet.com/ismith13/k2i2nhzpv9g9/wish/454532764 What was it?
    Truman's speech made to counter Soviet expansion during the Cold War.
    Where was it used first?
    Asking for 400 million dollars from Turkey and Greece in military assistance. 



    ]]>     2020-03-04 17:59:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ismith13/k2i2nhzpv9g9/wish/454532764     April 1948 Marshall Plan ismith13 https://padlet.com/ismith13/k2i2nhzpv9g9/wish/454533002 What was it?
    Aid western Europe after WWII. 
    How is it an example of Containment?
    By containing ideologies of communism from spreading in Europe.



    ]]>     2020-03-04 17:59:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ismith13/k2i2nhzpv9g9/wish/454533002     June 1948 Berlin Airlift ismith13 https://padlet.com/ismith13/k2i2nhzpv9g9/wish/454533298 What caused the Berlin Airlift?
    The U.S. bringing a massive airlift of food, water, and supplies to besieged cities due to a Soviet blockade. 
    How is it an example of U.S. Containment policy?
    Fear of communism spreading so they would rather go over the Soviet Union rather than through it. 
    How long did it last/
    June 24, 1948 – May 12, 1949



    ]]>     2020-03-04 18:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ismith13/k2i2nhzpv9g9/wish/454533298     April 1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization Created ismith13 https://padlet.com/ismith13/k2i2nhzpv9g9/wish/454533521 What was it?
    Provided security against the Soviet Union. NATO was the first peacetime military alliance. 
    Define Collective Security:
    Cooperation of several countries to form an alliance. 
    How is NATO an example of collective Security?
    It has multiple countries together to maintain a treaty and prevent the spread of communism. 



    ]]>     2020-03-04 18:00:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ismith13/k2i2nhzpv9g9/wish/454533521     August 1949 USSR explodes Atomic Bomb ismith13 https://padlet.com/ismith13/k2i2nhzpv9g9/wish/454533739 How did they develop it? 
    A German-born scientist who helped U.S. build it, passed secrets to the Soviets.
    How would this increase tensions between the US and USSR?
    It showed that both of them now had weapons of mass destruction. 



    ]]>     2020-03-04 18:00:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ismith13/k2i2nhzpv9g9/wish/454533739     May 1955 Warsaw Pact ismith13 https://padlet.com/ismith13/k2i2nhzpv9g9/wish/454533986 What was it? 
    An alliance of countries so Soviets can maintain political control in Western Europe. 
    Why was it created?
    To form an alliance in Europe and maintain spread of communism. 
    Who controlled most of the nations involved?
    The Soviet Russia. 



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